Former health and sex ed teacher at Fitchburg, Mass. charter school pleads guilty to rape of 14-year-old student

Rachelle Gendron was first arrested and indicted in 2013 and has not accepted a plea deal to serve under three years in jail. (WBZ-TV)

A former sex ed teacher will now be getting sex offender counseling and two-and-a-half years in jail after pleading guilty to raping a 14-year-old student.

Rachelle Gendron, 28, allegedly invited the teen over to her house in October 2012 and performed oral sex on the boy while she was working as a health teacher at North Central Essential Charter School in Fitchburg, Mass., the Worcester Telegram & Gazette reported.

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Investigators in Worcester County outside Boston found raunchy photos of Gendron, who was 25 and 26 at the time of the illicit relationship, in the boy's cell phone, according to WBZ-TV.

Gendron officially entered the guilty plea Friday in Worcester Superior Court to charges of statutory rape and enticement of a child under 16 years old, the Telegram & Gazette reported.

North Central Essential Charter School in Fitchburg, Mass. was where Gendron worked when the relationship with the student began. (WBZ-TV)

Authorities reduced the charges in exchange for her guilty plea, and, in addition to the sex offender counseling and jail time, Gendron will have to undergo a mental health evaluation and wear a GPS monitoring device during her probation, according to MassLive.com.

She's also not allowed to go near the alleged victim or have any unsupervised contact with anyone under 16 years old as part of her 10-year probation, the Telegram & Gazette reported.

The boy and his family approved of the sentencing agreement drawn up by prosecutors and Gendron's lawyer, the publication reported.

Gendron told the court that the sexual relationship stemmed from her initially feeling sorry for the student, who had confided in her that he felt alone and had nobody to trust, according to the publication.

"I wanted to help him," she said. "I deeply regret everything that occurred."